The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-29
IVAN BAKER.
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month In advance, and leave was given
them to get water, II they would keen a
quiet place on Sunday, and leave the
pump.handle down every time they t,sed
tt. When We came back to the hoass, my
vile went In and spoke to her mother and
told her that she had rented tho boarding
house lot Tor $40 per month. Mrs. Mo.
Wha said ".somebody was here just now
and l would not let them In" My wife
sold, "Mothor, 1t might have been uome
ono calling on us. ! am sorry you did not
let them in" Mrs. McWha said, II don't
care what you do. expect you'll be
renting tho house next !, 4 N,
My wife said. II think we are doing
pretty well we are to get SIG per month";
Mrs. McWha did not say, "some ono
rang the bell twice, and l slammed the
door In their faces. i kept them ont:
was not fixed for Callers" Ny wife
seemed hurt. The men were standing on
the outside OF the house while this con.
veraation was going on. Ny vile said, ~
suppose you are ready to pay the ten dol.
lars" They said yes. We said nothing
about paying when possession was given.
The largo man from his watch.iob or vest
pocket took out. some money, saying,
"Can you change fity.dolar bill I" I
said, ~ guess I can" looked at It. My
wife said. "'Vait q moment; l think
mother can change It." Mrs. McWha
said, Baker, 10 It good ~ l said, eyes,
40 good as the United States." NV villa
handed him u twenty.dotlsr bill and four
ilyc.dollat bills. making forty dollars.
don't know where she kept her money.
| Mrs. McWha might have said some oue
came and ring tho door.bell. I don't re.
member whether swore before the cor O.
ner that she said that '"there WAS another
party Of them here a littlo while ago,
while you were out, and rang tho front
door bell, and l would not let them in -
my wife said, MIR. Baker will prepare an
article by the time you come back on Fri.
day, setting forth the bargain"
HIS TRIP TO HIS FATHERS,
1asked my wife Tor her aatchel, and
said as 1t was too late to 90 to steuben.
vile, l would go to Cross Greek. l have
never seen the men since. II they did
not DO the killing, and and get back the
money, they are out ten dollars, | ssid
goodbye to Mrs. McWha when went out
she was not asleep; she had on the dress
that WAS found 10 the tub. She was so
years old; my wife 45. l mean Mrs. Nc.
VIVA was Ga mere alp OF tho tongue.
AS was going out my wife said, "You
have hardly Tins 10 got the train, had YOU
not better wait till morning2 am sure
my vile kissed me at the kitchen door,
It is just aa true 90 anything have sworn
to. / got up early on Tuesday morning at
my fathers, and started back to the Cove.
It is not.true ] rubbed my pants at Han.
Inauguration three times, aa described by
MIR. Barnes. After getting to the Cove
stopped OF the postotlice; entered the gate
on the pike that leads up to the house.
There l saw Mrs. Swesringen. ! knew
there was such lady-vneyer was Intro.
duced to her; did not know her in the
buggy. She or the boy called out, "Mr,
Baker," when she said, "Tell Eliza /
called to see her yesterday afternoon and
she was not in. Tell her would like to
have seen her. She wanted us to come
and see her." Think oaid to her, ave
must have been out in the orchard, nv
wife and l." 1t did not occur to me ius.
then that this was the lady that MIS-,
McWha kept out the day before.
He continued that ne came back to the
/ Cove on the sixth Of April, and saw the
Swearingen boy that day, when the bow
wore goggles. He did not SEQ Mrs, Swearin.
gen and Mrs. Brown in buggy that day.
He cav q buggyin Browns lane. There WAS
nothing on his mind that made him fail
to notice the buggy; he did not pay any
attention and did not know OF their hay
| ing been at the house the day before.
THE DISCOVERY. 35t r.
When he came back that morning he
went to the kitchen door and could not
get in; saw the gate open; I supposed
instantly that the folks had gone to town.
Nothing WAS said about my return. They
generally walked to Edeinston and went
to S!eubenyille. They often went there.
They had intended to 60 thu week before.
but on account OF the illness Of Mrs. Nc.
Wha we d7not 60. closed the gate in
passing up; passed two kitchen windows
and other windows; there arc five win.
dows. Nothing attracted my attention as
| came up, so that I could not see. If I
had turned around I could not help but
notice the windows the way they were
liked up. l went round to the I1ont door !:
1t WAS not locked. s., '.,.71-'
3"Did you tell anybody that you saw
that door open? ?" 1900 "a. !. !,
mo, sir" Z.
The door left open afforded all the
light; thore was not much light; the
blinds were down. I took hold OF nv
kwite's body and raiued her up, and found
her body limp; William Lee syore she
vas limp. Iplaced her back, and then +
went out and gave the alarm. gave the
alarm at once. I found myself first out
on the commone where -halloed with a
loud voice, "Murder!" l saw general con.
fusion in the house; did rot notice Special
ly the tub and az. It must have been
twenty minutes before saw Mr. Knox. :
The second and third lima that I went
into tho room l eaw the implements of
murder. Tho white shawl I bought at
Richmond, Indiana, for afrs. Georgia
Bosses; know where 1t was kept; don't
know where Mrs. Baker kept the dead
baby's clothes. I don't know that thew
we're kept in two separate drawers; that
these drawers were undisturbed by these
murdering marauders. The wsshing was
completed Just about noon; she dressed
herse!t IN that green dress put sorne Kind
o. scarf on. completing her toilet about 9
O'Clock. l brought tho water in the tnb
Immediately; she asked me to draw her
some water, that che intended to mon no
the, oil cloth; she said to her mother that
she, would not mop up the floor; ahe
made Some remark about roinr
up to Browns store, on the road
to the station, half way. This
was over an hour before u l
wont away: I did not say anything to
nes ABOUT accompanying her aa far as
lett that !would go to Gross Greek. Moth.
1ng further was said about going to
Browns. She did rot have tbose pood
shoes on that day, nor put them on that
| Day. She kept on her everyday shoes. /
helped her mend these shoes on Saturday.
wont swear that che did not have those
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